Yes, I agree. If Seven were planning on changing it, I think they most likely would’ve done so to coincide with the start of this year’s AFLW or AFL seasons.
While the regional affiliates in most areas still need to catch up, having a fulltime HD simulcast of Seven’s main channel (as the case is with the main channels of Nine, Ten, the ABC and SBS) available in all markets is a win for common sense. At least the AFL can be seen in HD everywhere even if you do have to pay for it, the same couldn’t be said for Seven’s main channel if the two tier strategy was to continue.
So yeah, I think Sydney can now keep calm and continue watching Fergo present the 6pm news in HD!
7HD is still 7HD. The way it should’ve been from the start. 7mateHD will mean you’ll miss your favourite shows in HD like ABCHD, 9HD and 10HD. I like watching the news in full HD
Well i would say that the deal could have been a trial? Again all speculation but well for those who wanted 7HD back on a permanent basis, won. Is it still full HD though?
I give up in thinking in 7mateHD will return
I think Seven are terrified of rocking the boat even slightly right now. Their schedule isn’t firing like it always used to at this time of year and things are only going to get harder for them after Easter. The impact of switching 7HD off might be less than 1% but those are viewers that Seven cannot afford to lose right now.
You’d also be surprised how much breakaways and simulcasts over different channels causes nightmares within the actual network on a day to day basis also. So I’m not surprised the “switch” didn’t happen.
Easier to have it streamlined across the board mimicking the main channel I’m guessing.
With both metro Seven and SC Tasmania having primary channels in HD, there has to be pressure building behind Prime7/GWN7 and remaining Seven and SC stations. The only question is, when will they crack?
